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21%OFFGordon Olive - Spitfire Ace: My Life as a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot - 9781445660202 - V9781445660202
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Spitfire Ace: My Life as a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot

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Description for Spitfire Ace: My Life as a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot Paperback. The amazing story of one of 'the Few', Spitfire fighter pilot Gordon Olive, who shot down ten enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. Editor(s): Newton, Dennis. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 314.
Pitched into the maelstrom of air fighting in the summer of 1940, twenty-four-year-old Gordon Olive barely lived to tell this extraordinary tale of courage and endurance. As Britain fought alone for its survival, `the Few' of RAF Fighter Command took to the air grievously outnumbered, many reaching breaking point, exhausted physically and mentally by unrelenting, intense combat. Gordon Olive flew the iconic Spitfire for over 125 missions above London and the south-east in the white heat of the aerial battle for supremacy of the skies. One of the most heavily engaged pilots of the Battle, he claimed ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445660202
SKU
V9781445660202
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Ref
99-1

About Gordon Olive
Gordon Olive, DFC, always a copious note taker, made a detailed record of his RAF career and wrote up his original manuscript after the war. He was also an aviation artist and painted numerous detailed aerial combat scenes that he had experienced during the Battle of Britain - scenes impossible to capture on film. Dennis Newton met Gordon in 1986 ... Read more

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